Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-22
HOW MRS. LEGPoRr Gor HER rlS
MONEY.
ArAH~sHs ~ITE's sroEr

MONEY.
ArAuusHs wITE's sroEi.
Heufy Legport "a. farmer. lie bad
/ purchased = good farm. with ouildiugs la
tolsfAoic repair. fJr reasonable sun OF
money lie paid one thousand dolisrs and
mortgsgsd thc whole. for The remsindsr,
whlch va 90 BE- paid In yearly iusiallmtnis
of Two hundred dollar. and intsrsst on
ihs whole annually lie married The NO
man ~ his choice AMI she bad iwo ban
dftd dollars % her own cAfnlngs, which
she invested to furnishing The house. very
scouomlcAly AMI juiici0u.iy, sud When
.he hsd bought aii that wAs needed shr
/ hAi la,i cash snoagh lsft - buy oue COW
and ts0 years o.d heller. llsr fstasr
gave htr auother coN. twO shesp. dozen
hsus. Gni iogr turkeys. This was her
dusfy She took ihs euilrc charge %; the
pOu.try. at she VS. very fortuusis. for
| thsy ulitipi.ed sxces,iiugly. aui sac -oli
ssgs suuggh % ouy al tas grocerivs ueeisd
/ for ihs family and bad something ler over.
Sae wAs thr.fiy h0ussksspcr and could
turu hsr hand 90 every klui Of oaslness la
hsr department.. aud DOT unfrrqasnuy gave
Henry q heiplug hand 10 The Geld All gar.
dsn. Thirg, weni vsu vita them. They
ufisi each note - 10 cane due Ani kept
he lntsfcsi paid ~ promptly. Mrs. Lsg.
port was An anbltiogs little woman, and
when sae sAw her uelgAboring friends run-
uiug their nice sewing machines, she ~As
teisfmined q have one also. fot really she
bal % WORK pretty lAie and early 10 keep
up her sewing. with her oihef work.
- she studied WAYS and msAns. very
Thoroughly, And puEried her brains 20
think how she could earn TIE money Der.
.eif "a pay f0r oue. sac dii not msutou
the matter % her husband. f0r sae kuew
he hai Al be could SO 10 meet bis pay.
meuts. ani he farm mast, and should. De-
paid fof. sewing mNChlne of not IL was
a hAra year, for farmers butter wAs low,
though her prints broughi The Highest
market pfices wool WAS selling 81 mefc
plttance. and everything 10 tAe Ike rsii0.
| h was almost Thanksgiving uns. ani The
turkeys we're rcsdy % oe allied and dressed
/ for markst. The chickens bad been sold
alive. A. fair price.
Nor, than bali % The turkeys were goo'
hlsrs. And A. she was feeding them fot The
lAst time. All they struitsd srOuui 10
ihsir pride Ard glory, bright idea struck
her.
"Islll 80 iti' sac exclaimed. Nothing
venture. nothing have"
what is II yOa are going % dof- asked
her husband. - be wAs gOing with oas-
ket % corn 90 the barn.
sMaEe fArs out % these eve gooolsrs'
tails. she replied.
"lIov : ,ss,i snd What will Joa DO With
50 mauyf-
Il nil show you tomorrow. BE care
fal ard not pail them out OF break them.
when yoa catch oF pick them, and vans
svsry wing cut or. too, and saved y She
empilei her dish of grain ani returned 10
ths house deep In thoughL
when the turksys were killed and picked
/ her husband brought them Into TIE kiteh.
en-. Ard turned % bis wife laughing
Come. wife. what Is your speculation
novi-
I'm show you In half minute, and
taking a sharp knife she cut down by The
side OF The feathers, above and under, and
/ drew cot The large plumAge, and spread u
out ln almost half q circle. with TIE dark
and nghl suip,s naturally marked ou the
/ outside.
"well done but how will you nH The
place where you took 10 ouif IL won't DO
NO. Indeed I will fx 10 In moment b
Aud with = needle and thread she drew ihe
skln together neatly.
who viii ever kpow Il Is eu,r' she
Asksd ulumphanily.
1t LOOKS reater than II The feathers bad
been pulled cut; I declare. 10 is . decided
Improvement" said Nj. Legport IL viii
,ake out The rest of the fans for you
May have the fans and wings Henry
want them"
"Csrtalnly. and The feathers too, II you
want them. picked them 10 barrels, 80
they are clean. The long feathers from
The hen turkeys are in basket In TIE
she'd"
Afisr tie poultry was sent 10 market,
Mrs. Legport nxed her fans by spreading
them out and rubbing alum and salt on The
nrshy ends. and laid them on The coor in
The shed chamber with . strip OF wood on
them 20 feep them In place while drying.
| The wlngs she strung and rubbed the nesh
| eut In salt and alum, 20 preserve them.
/ There we're ja.t eighty fans, aud hundred
Anf twenty pairs OF good viogs. Amer
they were vel dried she took bits OF son
leather that she gathered a. the shoe shop,
and oourd the fesh end OF the fans, then
packed ihem carefully In large box ~iih
ihe wings, and sent them 20 . cousin, who
as in q commission store In the city.
With directions 10 90 the best be could
with tben. Her husband made no remarks
-only simply asked II she had saved wings
enough % use 81 bone. Ofcourse she bad !
she believed In providing FOR ber Own house
hold. frss of all
In March . check came % pay for the
wings They were all sold ~ ten cents =
pair. Twelve dollars. one.third enough
d pay FOR a machine. she said. ss she read
her cousins letter. and handed it 10 hsr
husband.
"wast machine l. IL. wlf,f" be asked.
"Oh, AN gOlpg % have . sewing ma.
chine. a good one. too"
"why aid you not tell me thsiyou want
"a one. my deArf' =.
Because I wanted TO bay u myself II
the fans sell. shall DO 10, too; sold the
feathers for three cents . pound aud goi
twelve dollars for them. and here IL tweu'
" fans towards 10 now. This IL my plr'
money, Henry"
! But The machine came before the fans
we're sold, and she bad done lots OF sun
mer sewing on 10, before the return came
from her cousin.
..Your fans went like no, cakes" be
wrote send more next year. they bought
twenty a. one hospital. and twenty-five Al
another, and the old ladies are not hall
supplied Jet II Is qaite new enterprise
They are Just the thing for . sick-room on
hot day, they carry 80 much ALI, are 90
Night and quiet; and the old folks ars
mourning because they are all gone. Send
three times ss many next year. Enelosed
Is cheek for thirty dollars"
Here. Henry, Is half enough to pay ihs
interest next fall"
mo, wife, that is yoars; yoa earned iti
keep IL for pln-money. believe In wo-
mans having o little money 10 do what
she plesses with. Your Idea Was per